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Author : Samuel W. Mitcham
Release : 1988
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 080/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Men of the Luftwaffe by : Samuel W. Mitcham
Download or read book Men of the Luftwaffe written by Samuel W. Mitcham. This book was released on 1988. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jay A. Stout
Release : 2010
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 591/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Men Who Killed the Luftwaffe by : Jay A. Stout
Download or read book The Men Who Killed the Luftwaffe written by Jay A. Stout. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dramatic story of World War II in the air How the U.S. built an air force of 2.3 million men after starting with 45,000 and defeated the world's best air force Vivid accounts of aerial combat Winner, 2011 San Diego Book Awards for Military & Politics In order to defeat Germany in World War II, the Allies needed to destroy the Third Reich's industry and invade its territory, but before they could effectively do either, they had to defeat the Luftwaffe, whose state-of-the-art aircraft and experienced pilots protected German industry and would batter any attempted invasion. This difficult task fell largely to the U.S., which, at the outset, lacked the necessary men, materiel, and training. Over the ensuing years, thanks to visionary leadership and diligent effort, the U.S. Army Air Force developed strategies and tactics and assembled a well-trained force that convincingly defeated the Luftwaffe.
Author : Kevin Conley Ruffner
Release : 2012-12-20
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 985/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Luftwaffe Field Divisions 1941–45 by : Kevin Conley Ruffner
Download or read book Luftwaffe Field Divisions 1941–45 written by Kevin Conley Ruffner. This book was released on 2012-12-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hermann Göring raised the Luftwaffe Field Divisions [LwFD] during 1942, when Nazi Germany was still making spectacular gains but was first feeling the pinch of its losses on the Eastern Front. The Reichsmarschall decided to raise his own divisions for ground service under the command of Luftwaffe officers. On 17 September 1942, Göring called for volunteers from throughout the Luftwaffe for combat duty in the East. Even before that date, however, some Luftwaffe troops were heavily engaged against the enemy in Russia in a ground role. Kevin Conley Ruffner's engaging text tells the fascinating story of the LwFD.
Author : Kevin Wilson
Release : 2019-02-05
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 994/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Men of Air by : Kevin Wilson
Download or read book Men of Air written by Kevin Wilson. This book was released on 2019-02-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bomber combat crews faced a wide array of perils as they flew over German territory. Bursts of heavy flak could tear the wings from their planes in a split second. Flaming bullets from German fighter planes could explode their fuel tanks, cut their oxygen supplies, destroy their engines. Thousands of young men were shot, blown up, or thrown from their planes five miles above the earth; and even those who returned faced the subtler dangers of ice and fog as they tried to land their battered aircraft back home.The winter of 1944 was the most dangerous time to be a combat airman in RAF Bomber Command. The chances of surviving a tour were as low as one in five, and morale had finally hit rock bottom. In this comprehensive history of the air war that year, Kevin Wilson describes the most dangerous period of the Battle of Berlin, and the unparalleled losses over Magdeburg, Leipzig and Nuremberg.Men of Air reveals how these ordinary men coped with the extraordinary pressure of flying, the loss of their colleagues, and the threat of death or capture. Brilliantly placing these stories within the context of The Great Escape, D-Day, the defeat of the V1 menace, and more, Wilson shows how the sheer grit and determination of these "Men of Air" finally turned the tide against the Germans.
Author : Samuel W. Mitcham
Release : 2007
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 059/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Eagles of the Third Reich by : Samuel W. Mitcham
Download or read book Eagles of the Third Reich written by Samuel W. Mitcham. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published under the title "Men of the Luftwaffe", "this insightful, well-researched book traces the rise and fall of Hitler's air force from the perspective of its top leaders, concentrating on problems of organization, policy and aircraft production rather than battles and campaigns" ("Publishers Weekly").
